On Sat 05 Jul 2008 07:28:23p, Edwin Pawlowski told us...

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> "aem" > wrote in message
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>> The dry ice thread made me wonder whether other people make any effort
>> to provide cold storage when they do particular kinds of shopping.
>> The fishmonger I go to is about a 20-minute drive from the house.
>> When I'm going there I take a small artificial freezer block (blue
>> ice?) out of the freezer and put it in a small Igloo-type cooler and
>> put it in the car. Then I use that to hold whatever I get at the
>> fishmonger for the ride home. I'm in the habit of putting the cooler
>> and frozen block in the car when I go to the Asian maket, too, since I
>> never know what I might find there. Does anyone else do a similar
>> thing? -aem
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> In the summer I'll take a few ice packs. Even if things don't fit in
> the cooler, we have a few plastic totes for the monthly shopping at
> BJ's. I pack all the perishables together and put the ice on top of
> them.
>
> Last week we went shopping and had about $200 worth of meats and other
> refrigerated item. My wife decided she better go to the ER. The
> hospital is 10 miles north of where we were but I drove 20 miles south
> to home, unloaded the car and then drove back 30 miles north. Good
> thing I did because I was there for 4 hours until they decided to admit
> her..

Ed, I hope your wife is doing well...

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Wayne Boatwright
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